Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Information Technology, Trading and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Anilana Hotels & Properties Ltd (CM:ANIL), which rose 21.43% or 0.300 points to trade at 1.700 at the close. Meanwhile, J L Morison Sons & Jones (Ceylon) PLC (CM:MORI) added 19.40% or 82.70 points to end at 509.00 and Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) was up 14.29% or 0.100 points to 0.800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which fell 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.100 at the close. PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH) declined 50.00% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.1000 and Taprobane Holdings PLC (CM:TAPR) was down 18.00% or 0.900 points to 4.100.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 98 to 86 and 60 ended unchanged.
Shares in PC House PLC (CM:PCHO) fell to all time lows; falling 50.00% or 0.100 to 0.100. Shares in PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH) fell to all time lows; losing 50.00% or 0.1000 to 0.1000.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.06% or 0.46 to $43.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.26% or 0.58 to hit $46.62 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.51% or 6.30 to trade at $1252.70 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.14% to 195.380, while USD/LKR rose 0.01% to 153.260.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 96.66.